That still happens here. One of those went boom in Pueblo several years back at I-25 and US-50. Curious to see who owned the truck here, a construction company or a jobber/distributor?
MC,
Remember the good old days when those tankers pulled doubles? Two booms for the price of one. IIRC, that would have been 12,000 gallons of gas.
Norm
tree68 Looked up the location. It's not between my sister's place of employment downtown and her home (Aurora), so she won't be too peeved.
Looked up the location. It's not between my sister's place of employment downtown and her home (Aurora), so she won't be too peeved.
The southbound lanes of I-25 are open now (for the last 20 minutes), but 10 MPH will be all you go because of the sand, absorbent and cooked asphalt. They are still applying foam to the truck. The cab burned, melted or otherwise dissappeared. Might get hauled off by 6PM.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
We've already got exploding houses due to knuckleheads in the construction industry laying sewer and cutting supposebly abandoned oil & gas gathering lines that proved not to be. The reaction to that has been nutso.
mudchicken I suspect many of you will see where der' Chicken's office nest is tonight on the evening snewz.. A little excitement (with four BIG booms rattling the windows) has shut down Denver today. If you see any video from the air, the striped building closest to the exploding heavy equipment fuel & service truck is us and we are at the top with the lower deck (11th floor, the whole floor), behind the leftmost of the three doors. The driver survived - pulled out by a passing construction supervisor. People stupidly driving through flaming gasoline, police threatening people to leave the light-rail platform accross the freeway, drones and choppers droning overhead. We will be here for a while. FD elected to let it burn out after foam(white) and chemical (purple), including an airport crash truck's full load, couldn't put the fire out. I-25 is severed for several more hours. Will the politician's knee-jerk reaction to the odd incident create a rush to ban fuel trucks?
I suspect many of you will see where der' Chicken's office nest is tonight on the evening snewz.. A little excitement (with four BIG booms rattling the windows) has shut down Denver today. If you see any video from the air, the striped building closest to the exploding heavy equipment fuel & service truck is us and we are at the top with the lower deck (11th floor, the whole floor), behind the leftmost of the three doors. The driver survived - pulled out by a passing construction supervisor. People stupidly driving through flaming gasoline, police threatening people to leave the light-rail platform accross the freeway, drones and choppers droning overhead.
We will be here for a while. FD elected to let it burn out after foam(white) and chemical (purple), including an airport crash truck's full load, couldn't put the fire out. I-25 is severed for several more hours.
Will the politician's knee-jerk reaction to the odd incident create a rush to ban fuel trucks?
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
afternoon
Saw the Ns local back uptown today after I left work.Big boss asked if I wanted to take a field trip to Minnesota.It's for equipment at work.Going to talk with the other boss about it.Matt is glad to be out of school.Going to get cleaned up.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/05/31/vehicle-fire-interstate-25/
mudchicken There's a darned good reason why all the feathers are numbered. (Tip of the hardhat to Foghorn Leghorn, fellow chicken)
There's a darned good reason why all the feathers are numbered. (Tip of the hardhat to Foghorn Leghorn, fellow chicken)
mudchickenMethinks Mooks is out for der Chicken's hyde, yes?
As usual, Sir C, you are spot on!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
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CSSHEGEWISCH Bob, you appear to be a bit short with the length. Based on your report, I'm using 250 93-foot TTX flatcars (50 autoracks plus 200 flats for the turbine blades) as a yardstick and come up with about 23000 feet in length unless the flats for the turbine blades are shorter. Maybe somebody else can help out. It appeared that there were 2 blades per 3 flats. The heavy end of each on it's own car with a special roller rack on the third. Makes for a 200 + car train so I guess that makes it 18,000 + feet, so I was 'off by a mile'. I understand the single loco on the old GT but I bet it got a workout on the long hill west of Durand to Perry, Mi.
Bob, you appear to be a bit short with the length. Based on your report, I'm using 250 93-foot TTX flatcars (50 autoracks plus 200 flats for the turbine blades) as a yardstick and come up with about 23000 feet in length unless the flats for the turbine blades are shorter. Maybe somebody else can help out.
It appeared that there were 2 blades per 3 flats. The heavy end of each on it's own car with a special roller rack on the third. Makes for a 200 + car train so I guess that makes it 18,000 + feet, so I was 'off by a mile'. I understand the single loco on the old GT but I bet it got a workout on the long hill west of Durand to Perry, Mi.
AgentKid Good to hear from you dinningcar. A few weeks ago I had a question for you and mudchicken about your days back on the Santa Fe, but I apologize because now I forgot the question. It is always good to hear from all of the folks in the Chatterbox. Bruce
Good to hear from you dinningcar.
A few weeks ago I had a question for you and mudchicken about your days back on the Santa Fe, but I apologize because now I forgot the question.
It is always good to hear from all of the folks in the Chatterbox.
Bruce
Methinks Mooks is out for der Chicken's hyde, yes?
mudchickenFrench Provincial gone over-the-top Tudor Bordello
Sounds like the place I stayed in Davenport...
DC - Jumers decided to get into the Casino business about ten years ago. The hotels in Galesburg (BW-Prairie Inn), Peoria, Davenport and Bloomington are all different names now because of the change in the business plan. I think Peoria (The Castle) is now a Radisson. (The Jumers in Bloomington (Chateau) was a little strange and a bit fru-fru* the only time I stayed there. I remember getting cut up when I brushed against the stucco walls in a hallway...)... I get the impression that Jumers is now only the casino at Rock Island.
(*)French Provincial gone over-the-top Tudor Bordello
evening
got the swamp mowed after work.Local was uptown when I left work.Matt has one more day of school.You are sure to hear a few of Mr. Cash's songs in Deshler if you stay long enough.
diningcar MC, Is Jumers still the place to stay in Peoria? I liked it back in the 'day??' when the TP&W was on my agenda.
MC, Is Jumers still the place to stay in Peoria? I liked it back in the 'day??' when the TP&W was on my agenda.
Never stayed in Peoria, so didn't know there was a Jumer's there. I know there was one in Davenport - pretty cool place.
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So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
"A Train is a Place Going Somewhere" CP Rail Public Timetable
"O. S. Irricana"
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Boy am I in over my head. Got a Tree that knows funny cars; a Siding that wants help building and will sing at the same time (yes, I do have duct tape and have to find the slip-joint pliers) and a Chicken that is wondering if it will play in Peoria....
And we did have a train go thru here toward St Joe Mo - with blades - I counted 84 blades - one on 2 flat cars. That is 168 cars and with other decoratives along, it was close to a 200 count train. And all my facts are backed up by the Driver, so see there is a male involved in my postings!
It might be the fact that I'm dealing with William Gibbons ghost and the ashes of the Rock Island ... Got a real bizzare case of who owns dat?, in the middle of downtown Peoria. Whirlpool/Maytag Corp may find itself unwillingly dragged back into the railroad biz they thought they escaped from. Everybody uses the track and R/W, but nobody claims ownership near Water and Walnut.
Mookie mudchicken I'm getting concerned .... There's a song about about a 61-62-63-64 automobile in here somewhere... Ok - you have me again. That was my heyday and I don't remember anything that equates. Maybe Murphy understands better than I do.
mudchicken I'm getting concerned .... There's a song about about a 61-62-63-64 automobile in here somewhere...
I'm getting concerned .... There's a song about about a 61-62-63-64 automobile in here somewhere...
Ok - you have me again. That was my heyday and I don't remember anything that equates. Maybe Murphy understands better than I do.
Boy, Tree - I need to have you available to translate chicken-eze for me!
Johnny Cash - well, that wasn't one on my top 10 list. Little Deuce Coupe was closer. And that is one ugly car. I found about 3 different cars in it and won't say which ones it is comparable to that existed in that time frame.
Happened to be inbound to Linden, Mi going through Durand, Mi at 1 am this AM and immaging the luck, I got stopped be a west bound CN with just 1 loco. Figured it would be a short quick freight and I'd be on my way. NO, around 50 auto racks on the head end I missed a few. That makes for a nice unit train, but, following them were turbine blades. The blades were the 150ish ft type and they just kept appearing out of the dark. One blade per car but each blade spanned most of two cars with each car having the large round end mounted to special bracket, so in effect one blade per car. 100 blades later the train passed. So, am I correct with a ballpark length in the 13-14,000 ft range?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHniL8MyMM
One piece at a time...
I'm getting concerned .... There's a song about about a 61-62-63-64 automobile in here somewhere... Frankenplane?
Murphy SidingWhich parts are you missing? I can check my stash.
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